Rayjay wrote:Although Cornell is a great law school, I visited a couple of weeks ago and the weather sucks. I am not sure if I am prepared to spend 200k to live in an igloo for 3 years.....thoughts?

I don't know when you visited, but Ithaca had 1/4th of the snow of most coastal cities from Virginia north this year, so I hope that you're not discounting Cornell for the likes of Penn based purely on weather. Seriously, locals talk about how winters have changed that past few years, and if they're anything like the past four months (less than 10 inches of snow when the average is 70,) I'm not complaining. My kids, who love snow, are complaining, but I think snowaphobes will be fine with the current trend in global warming...

Rayjay wrote:Although Cornell is a great law school, I visited a couple of weeks ago and the weather sucks. I am not sure if I am prepared to spend 200k to live in an igloo for 3 years.....thoughts?

I don't know when you visited, but Ithaca had 1/4th of the snow of most coastal cities from Virginia north this year, so I hope that you're not discounting Cornell for the likes of Penn based purely on weather. Seriously, locals talk about how winters have changed that past few years, and if they're anything like the past four months (less than 10 inches of snow when the average is 70,) I'm not complaining. My kids, who love snow, are complaining, but I think snowaphobes will be fine with the current trend in global warming...

The snow isn't the problem, it's the cloudy gloomy gray weather that never ends, and walking uphill all the time.

Rayjay wrote:Although Cornell is a great law school, I visited a couple of weeks ago and the weather sucks. I am not sure if I am prepared to spend 200k to live in an igloo for 3 years.....thoughts?

I don't know when you visited, but Ithaca had 1/4th of the snow of most coastal cities from Virginia north this year, so I hope that you're not discounting Cornell for the likes of Penn based purely on weather. Seriously, locals talk about how winters have changed that past few years, and if they're anything like the past four months (less than 10 inches of snow when the average is 70,) I'm not complaining. My kids, who love snow, are complaining, but I think snowaphobes will be fine with the current trend in global warming...

while this is true, the snow in Virginia this year is a once in a 100 year occurrence.

Nightrunner wrote:At least we get to find out the price of tuition before we get a decision.

Have they done that yet?

Over 51K tuition. Obscene.

Oh yes, thats right (I try to forget). I am angry at them because they told me today they would email me my finaid award letter, and I have been waiting 2.5 hours. If I don't get it today there might be a free space for someone in this thread tomorrow.

beesknees wrote:Seriously. Me too. I called Wednesday and the girl said definitely it would be ready on Friday and to call. Called back on Friday and they said DEFINITELY Monday. Well, guys, its Monday, 7:30 EST, 3 and a half hours after the admissions office closed and nothing in my inbox or spam folder. I'm a little over the dragging the feet with $ decisions. I was admitted in December.

Yup. I am thinking they told me it was done and would email it just to stop me from calling again. The joke is on them though, because I will be calling again at 8:15am tomorrow if it isn't there. I am tempted to ask for an extension on the deposit deadline. 8 days to make a decision is a hard-ball tactic.